This is a report about a recent discovery we have made that might help people with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). This might also help people with mold or other environmental sensitivity issues.
Pollen season is brutal in my neighborhood because several acres behind my house are partly developed and in a holding pattern waiting for a better economy, and the weeds on those lots are horrendous, kicking out large amounts of pollen two or three times each year. My wife in particular suffers very badly. She also highly multiple chemical sensitive, so bad that we can not have any artificially scented products in the house. She gets severe headaches from any exposure to cigarette smoke (even a whiff), can not drive a car without recirc, etc. So our lives are complicated, two of us with CFS and her with MCS. Well, she tried a new product for the pollen this season, called NasalCrom. This product binds with the pollens in the nasal passages, and neutralizes them so they do not have a chance to get into the body and cause the allergenic responses.
So while the NasalCrom has helped my wife tolerate the pollens this past month, there was a big surprise, she started noticing a significant reduction in her MCS symptoms for several hours after taking a dose. This includes low or no reaction to cigarette smoke! That has never happened before.
If anyone with MCS wants to try NasalCrom please let us know the results, it is inexpensive, and one dose works for hours. I would like to know if this is a fluke or if this is a real mechanism for helping MCS sufferers.
Pollen season is brutal in my neighborhood because several acres behind my house are partly developed and in a holding pattern waiting for a better economy, and the weeds on those lots are horrendous, kicking out large amounts of pollen two or three times each year. My wife in particular suffers very badly. She also highly multiple chemical sensitive, so bad that we can not have any artificially scented products in the house. She gets severe headaches from any exposure to cigarette smoke (even a whiff), can not drive a car without recirc, etc. So our lives are complicated, two of us with CFS and her with MCS. Well, she tried a new product for the pollen this season, called NasalCrom. This product binds with the pollens in the nasal passages, and neutralizes them so they do not have a chance to get into the body and cause the allergenic responses.
So while the NasalCrom has helped my wife tolerate the pollens this past month, there was a big surprise, she started noticing a significant reduction in her MCS symptoms for several hours after taking a dose. This includes low or no reaction to cigarette smoke! That has never happened before.
If anyone with MCS wants to try NasalCrom please let us know the results, it is inexpensive, and one dose works for hours. I would like to know if this is a fluke or if this is a real mechanism for helping MCS sufferers.